Sunday, September 29, 2013

Hello everyone and welcome to my CottageCutz Design Team project. It is Carol here today and I have a four matchbox drawer tag holder. For the focal point, I used the Winterland Village Die, for the bottom lace, Fancy Lace Border, and for the accent under the pointsettia, Crystal Flurry Snowflake.

The Winterland Village was distressed with Tea Dye Distress ink and then glitter with a pretty shiny glitter.

The poinsettia are from the Michael's Dollar bin from last year. I put a little extra stickles on them. The Pearl bling is from Want2Scrap.

This measures 9-3/4" x 3-1/2 inches. For the top and bottom use some light chipboard such as cereal boxes to give a bit of strength to your project. Be sure to cover both the bottom of the top cover and the bottom of the project. This box was inspired from a pin from this site.

The drawers are filled with tags from the Homemade Christmas Giftset. Here are the Gingerbread, distressed with Tea Dye Distress Ink and holding a little Recollection HoHoHo sign. Aren't they cute!

In this drawer there is a set of mittens with a little Holly accent. The mittens were cut with red cardstock and then little scraps were cut again to make the cuffs.

In this drawer are the snowman. They have been accented with little Recollection Snowflakes. The hats were cut with scrap black cardstock and adhered.

In this drawer are the sweet Christmas Trees. They have a little seam binding bow tied at the top. In each drawer there is a set of 4 tags, but it could easily fit more.

Don't you think this would make a fantastic gift to a special friend. Fill it with these adorable tags and she will love you for taking care of her gift wrapping needs. The tags are housed in such a pretty container that can be used over and over again. Thanks so much for viewing my project. I really appreciate it. See you soon.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Hi, Vladka here. Another project where I found my inspiration in a photo. Here it is. Background is made from blue and white acrylic paints and with some stamps. I used the same colours to colour the butterfly. Orchid is cut out from white cardstock with Fancy Orchid die and I leave it like this. White and blue, the colour combination which always reminds me on the sea. And just in time when you reading this, I´m on my way back home from my vacations at the coast.

One corner, I glued to the cream
background, and from other corner I cut out two butterflies. Sponge
butterflies with orange craft ink and glued on original butterflies in
the corner. Stamped sentiment and decorate card with Dew Drops and
Liquid Pearls.

I made these holders with trim so they can be hung on the Christmas tree for Christmas morning. You could also put candy in them like chocolates or candy canes and hang them like an ornament. I think they will make cute gifts!

The first holder is made with double-sided designer paper and the second is cardstock so I added a piece of red cardstock inside it before assembling. These are super easy to make!